Doingt Explained

Doingt
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Doingt 80.svg
Arrondissement:Péronne
Canton:Péronne
Insee:80240
Postal Code:80200
Mayor:Romuald Helfried[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Haute Somme
Coordinates:49.9236°N 2.9661°W
Elevation M:150
Elevation Min M:47
Elevation Max M:113
Area Km2:8.61

Doingt (in French pronounced as /dwɛ̃/) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Doingt is situated on the D937 and D199 junction, on the banks of the river Somme, some 30miles east of Amiens.

History

During World War I the settlement was destroyed. A Commonwealth cemetery is just outside the town. The village and its church has been rebuilt and, in 2023, a crucifix, salvaged from the ruins of the village's church by a British military chaplain after the Battle of the Somme and placed in All Saints' Church, Tinwell in Rutland, England, was returned to the new church.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. News: Crucifix returned from England to France after 107 years. 3 July 2023. BBC News.